A8X vs NVIDIA Tegra 3
            A8X
            
                
            
        
    
            NVIDIA Tegra 3
            
                
            
        
    | 3 Cores 3 Threads 1.5GHz Clock | 5 Cores 5 Threads 1.5GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPUPowerVR GX6850 A8X 230 GFLOPS FP32 | iGPUTegra 3 10 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerNVIDIA | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 3 | ArchitectureARMv7 | 
| FamilyA Series | Family - | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch32 | 
| Codename Capri - A8X - Typhoon - - - - | Codename - - - P-Core Cortex-A9 - - E-Core Cortex-A9 | 
| Market Segment Tablet | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 10/22/2014 | Release Date 11/1/2011 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node 20nm - - - | Node 40nm LPG - - - | 
| Die Size 128 mm² - - - | Die Size Unknown - - - | 
| Transistor Count 3 Billion - - - | Transistor Count Unknown - - - | 
| Unknown | Unknown | 
| 3 Cores - - - | 5 Cores 1 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 
| 3 Threads - - - | 5 Threads 1 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 
| - 1.5GHz - - | P-Core 1.5GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| - - - | E-Core 1.4GHz - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | L1 Data 32KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 - - 2MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - - - | L2 - - 1MB Shared 8-way set associative - - - - - - - - | 
| L3 - 4MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - | - - - - | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 1 | 
| Max Memory 2GB | |
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 32Bit Bus Width 32Bit | 
| Clock 800MHz Transfer Rate 1600MT/s | Clock 750MHz 533MHz Transfer Rate 1500MT/s 1066MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 12.8GB/s Bandwidth 25.6GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 6.0GB/s 4.3GB/s Bandwidth 6.0GB/s 4.3GB/s | 
| TDP 8W - - - | TDP Unknown - - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | No PCIe | 
| PowerVR GX6850 A8X 256 Shaders 450MHz 230 GFLOPS FP32 | Tegra 3 8 Shaders 520MHz 10 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| No NPU - | No NPU - | 
| - - | - - | 
| -  | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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